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The 2011 Winter J term program at Sadhana Forest has come to an end. I feel privileged that I got to know all the students that took part with vigour and brought their unique perspectives to the projects and the class discussions. The students managed to achieve significant milestones in their projects while working in the forest in the mornings, participating in class discussions, blogging and writing their papers.
They were …

It is the second to last day of the program, which means it’s time for the obligatory self-reflective journal entry. It has been a week of people scurrying to get their projects and papers finished, but we managed to squeeze in some discussions. I’m glad that we left the discussion on happiness until the last week here. I don’t think it would’ve been nearly as influential otherwise. I’ve heard many …

The other day we had an interesting discussion about choices and decision making, which come after a tricky situation which we are put in position to choose on both the available choices and on whom the decision making role lies. It became profound when reflecting on the experience that we just pass through with the discussion follow just right up.
In the complex society we are now in, we often find …

As my second week at Sadhana Forest ends, the reality of leaving soon is starting to hit me. Many questions are flooding me right now. The one I keep on coming back to is what will it be like to return to my “normal” life after experiencing Sadhana.
I think back to the discussion we had the other day about the role choice plays in our lives. I have always …

The project: One of the projects the Living Routes students are involved in is to create new structures for children at the Children’s Land.
Unschooling method: The Sadhana Community subscribes to the idea of un-schooling where children are not forced to learn. Instead they are allowed to learn at their own pace through exploration and life experience .
Making choices: Keeping this in mind, it was decided that the children will decide …